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- ↑ "Want to live like The Beatles? Their old flat's up for sale | London - ITV News". Itv.com. 16 September 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
- ↑ Cook, Chris; Thomas, Andrew R. (1975). Sources in British political history, 1900-1951. London: Macmillan. p. 41. ISBN 0333150376 . Retrieved 22 June 2023.